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Licensed daycares in 19956Laurel, DE

There are 22 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 19956 — 8 licensed centers and 14 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 81 violations across 35 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.31 violations per inspection, which is below the Laurel average of 3.86.

8 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is caregiver-to-child ratio (17 citations), followed by physical safety (16). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 22 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

8 providers.

Dawn's Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 1 mo – 5 yr · 10961 E 4TH ST

0 violationsActive
Jaime Hooks

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 13 yr · 7119 AIRPORT ROAD

0 violationsActive
Jimmie Smith

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 5 yr · 515 WEST 8TH STREET · Last inspected Nov 15, 2021

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Tina Brownlow

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 32346 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD · Last inspected Feb 5, 2026

2 violationsActive
Acelero Learning Laurel Center

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 5 yr · 30125 DISCOUNT LAND ROAD · Last inspected May 5, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

12 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Discovery Cove Learning Center

Center · Capacity 53 · Ages 12 yr · 12034 COUNTY SEAT HWY · Last inspected Jun 9, 2026

9 violationsActive
Teresa Ann Neal

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 3 mo – 5 yr · 711 WEST ST · Last inspected Oct 7, 2025

9 violationsActive
Beginning Bridges Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 12 yr · 6721 SHARPTOWN ROAD · Last inspected Dec 4, 2025

7 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 19956

Caregiver-to-child ratio is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

2

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

3

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

A note on Delaware records

Delaware does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Delaware does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Jul 10, 2026. Source records · Report an error